Professor Mary C. Beaudry and Travis G. Parno have published an edited volume “Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement”
Prof Mary Beaudry and PhD candidate Travis G. Parno have published an edited volume, Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement (Springer, 2013). The book features chapters based on papers delivered at the 2011 CHAT Conference at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Authors drew inspiration from the conference’s theme, “People and Things in Motion,” and presented […]
Professor Paul Goldberg awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Grant
Congratulations to Professor Paul Goldberg, he is the recipient of a Research Grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Bonn to carry out research with colleagues in Tübingen and elsewhere in Germany.
Franco Rossi awarded the Dumbarton Oaks Junior Fellowship
Congratulations to Archaeology PhD candidate, Franco Rossi for his prestigious junior fellowship award from Dumbarton Oaks for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Professor David Carballo published a new book “Cooperation and Collective Action Archaeological Perspectives”
Congratulations to Professor Carballo! His new book Cooperation and Collective Action Archaeological Perspectives is published by University Press of Colorado. Click here for details.
Professor Kathryn Bard radio interview
“And They Also Made Boats…” Maritime Archaeology in Pharaonic Egypt” January 16, 2013 Indiana Jones: Myth, Reality and 21st Century Archaeology Hosted by Dr. Joseph Schuldenrein Click here to hear interview: http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/66864/and-they-also-made-boats-maritime-archaeology-in-pharaonic-egypt While the contributions of the ancient Egyptians to Western Civilization are familiar to the general public, this brilliant culture’s seafaring technology is little […]
Dr. Francesco Berna and Stephanie Simms Discovery News Article
Mayans Cooked Food With Clay Balls Rounded clay balls found in Mexico reveal an ancient Mayan cooking technique. By Rossella Lorenzi Discovery News Thu Nov 29, 2012 Planning a last supper party on December 21? To celebrate the Mayan way, you might need several clay balls. That’s one way the Maya cooked their food, according […]
Professor Robert Murowchick Washington Post interview
Chinese terra cotta warriors had real, and very carefully made, weapons By Jennifer Pinkowski, Published: November 26 The 7,000 soldiers buried with Qin Shi Huang in 210 B.C. were made of clay. But the bronze weapons the terra cotta army carried into the enormous tomb complex near Xi’an in western China were the real things: tens […]
Congratulations Archaeology majors Zachary Nakashian (CAS’13), Megan Thibodeau (CAS’13), and Jasna Vilic (CAS’14)
December 2012 Phi Beta Kappa Epsilon Initiation and Award Ceremony Boston University Department of Archaeology majors Zachary Jacob Nakashian (CAS’13) and Megan Lili Thibodeau (CAS’13) will be inducted on December 4 to the Phi Beta Kappa Epsilon. Jasna Vilic (CAS’14) will receive the junior award on December 4th. Join us in congratulating them for their […]
BU Archaeology Professor Michael Danti Awarded $750,000 grant to partner with Mosul University in Iraq
BOSTON—A team of archaeologists under the direction of BU Assistant Professor of Archaeology Michael Danti will partner with educators at Mosul University on an innovative program to revive higher education and cultural heritage management in Iraq. Centered on the study of Iraqi archaeology and culture, the new Mosul University Archaeology Program (MAP) will focus on […]
Professor William Saturno BU CAS arts+sciences Magazine
The Writing on the Wall by Courtney Humphries In a former Maya city in the Guatemalan rain forest, a team of BU researchers discovered a buried room whose walls hold paintings and hieroglyphs dating from the ninth century. The writing includes complex numerical calculations for the Maya calendar. It was the first time such paintings […]